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Dear Sir/Madam
I have a couple of debts and I would be very grateful for the best way to proceed with these.
Basically I freelance as a Telemarketing consultant from home and I was doing work for this guy that owns a company based in London and he engaged me to make appointments for his sale staff to sell into.
Anyway after 2 weeks and major delays for payment ..you know (the cheques in the post scenario) I never received it then he went to the bank and apparently they messed up the bank transfer of around £200 odd pounds so then there was further delay in receiving my payment.
Anyway he was paying me an hourly rate and then at the drop of a hat he told me to stop work as he wanted to pay me commission only and no more hourly rate so I explained thats not the way I work.
I then told him he should have given me a weeks notice and he said he's not getting into all that and refused to let me work any notice period, he still hasnt actually given me any notice and I am trying to find out where I stand.
He also owes me 4 hours work at £12.50 an hour and last night he sent me an email saying the following:
I have told you and Natalie that we would of course honour the 4 hours you worked once we get the invoice which indeed we will, which equates to £48. You are clearly very desperate money, so as a sign of good will to help you out we will pay £120 for this week you thought you should have worked between the 2 bank holidays.
However in my eyes he owes me at least £240 as he agreed to pay £120 for the week between the bank holidays when he ceased me from working that week without any notice and then he owes me £120 for the weeks notice he failed to give me and has still failed to give me.
(in fact the attached document mentions a 3 month probationary period)
I replied:
I disagree with that figure Stuart.
£120 is owed as you have agreed that you will pay me for the time that you failed to pay me for originally i.e the week between the bank holidays and you also owe me 1 weeks pay for failing to give me notice as per your agreement provided to me which I signed and sent back to you.
Thats £240
I have attached a copy of part of the agreement that you provided to me.
Why are you asking for an invoice in full and final settlement?
If you are not in agreement with me I suggest you go back to MS Law for further advice.
All I want Stuart is a speedy resolution to this and a promise of when this will be settled.
I hope you agree to this and we can draw this matter to a close.
And his reply to me was:
Jamie
Actually I have been advised that nothing is due other than the £48 as the contract was more of an employment contract than a freelance agreement. We have now amended our contracts. It was my decision to offer you £120 as clearly as per your previous texts money is really an issue.
Jamie it's a long road, and really if I was you I would get £120 in my account tomorrow than fight for weeks for £48. You have approached this a little to aggressively as we could have easily done bits of work together in the future, also maybe you should picked up the phone rather than text and email, I am very easy to talk to as you found when we first spoke.
I leave it to you, you can have the money tomorrow
I have a couple of debts and I would be very grateful for the best way to proceed with these.
Basically I freelance as a Telemarketing consultant from home and I was doing work for this guy that owns a company based in London and he engaged me to make appointments for his sale staff to sell into.
Anyway after 2 weeks and major delays for payment ..you know (the cheques in the post scenario) I never received it then he went to the bank and apparently they messed up the bank transfer of around £200 odd pounds so then there was further delay in receiving my payment.
Anyway he was paying me an hourly rate and then at the drop of a hat he told me to stop work as he wanted to pay me commission only and no more hourly rate so I explained thats not the way I work.
I then told him he should have given me a weeks notice and he said he's not getting into all that and refused to let me work any notice period, he still hasnt actually given me any notice and I am trying to find out where I stand.
He also owes me 4 hours work at £12.50 an hour and last night he sent me an email saying the following:
I have told you and Natalie that we would of course honour the 4 hours you worked once we get the invoice which indeed we will, which equates to £48. You are clearly very desperate money, so as a sign of good will to help you out we will pay £120 for this week you thought you should have worked between the 2 bank holidays.
However in my eyes he owes me at least £240 as he agreed to pay £120 for the week between the bank holidays when he ceased me from working that week without any notice and then he owes me £120 for the weeks notice he failed to give me and has still failed to give me.
(in fact the attached document mentions a 3 month probationary period)
I replied:
I disagree with that figure Stuart.
£120 is owed as you have agreed that you will pay me for the time that you failed to pay me for originally i.e the week between the bank holidays and you also owe me 1 weeks pay for failing to give me notice as per your agreement provided to me which I signed and sent back to you.
Thats £240
I have attached a copy of part of the agreement that you provided to me.
Why are you asking for an invoice in full and final settlement?
If you are not in agreement with me I suggest you go back to MS Law for further advice.
All I want Stuart is a speedy resolution to this and a promise of when this will be settled.
I hope you agree to this and we can draw this matter to a close.
And his reply to me was:
Jamie
Actually I have been advised that nothing is due other than the £48 as the contract was more of an employment contract than a freelance agreement. We have now amended our contracts. It was my decision to offer you £120 as clearly as per your previous texts money is really an issue.
Jamie it's a long road, and really if I was you I would get £120 in my account tomorrow than fight for weeks for £48. You have approached this a little to aggressively as we could have easily done bits of work together in the future, also maybe you should picked up the phone rather than text and email, I am very easy to talk to as you found when we first spoke.
I leave it to you, you can have the money tomorrow
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